Discover Turkey

Throughout its history, it has served as both a wall and a bridge between two continents. Due to this geographical location, Anatolian lands witnessed the migration of various people who shaped the course of history. Home to countless civilizations, Anatolia has created a unique cultural synthesis, each with its own identity but at the same time tied to its ancestors through insoluble ties. a modern state on a successor to the ancient lands of Turkey and the common heritage of humanity that is protective.

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, in Anatolia, a large majority of the other part of the West Asia and Southeast transkontinental is a country located in Eastern Thrace in Europe. In addition to being a unitary parliamentary republic, with a diverse cultural heritage of Turkey is a democratic, secular, constitutional monarchy is a country. Although most crowded and popular city of Istanbul in Turkey, in Ankara, the capital is contrary to the known.

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Agriculture and Food in Turkey

The Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the birthplace of the agricultural sector in Turkey today reflects the prosperity of ancient Mesopotamia. Suitable geographical conditions and climate, extensive arable land and water resources, with fertile fields of agriculture and food in Turkey is considered as one of the world’s leading countries.

Turkey, which runs about 20% of the population and constituting the portion of 6.1% of national GDP in 2016 as a powerful country in the agricultural and food industries. The financial contribution of the sector to GDP increased by 40% between 2002 and 2016 and reached 52.3 billion dollars in 2016.

The strength of the sector includes the country’s young population, dynamic private sector economy, significant tourism income and market size due to its favorable climate.

Turkey is the world’s 7th largest agricultural country and dried figs, hazelnuts, is the world leader in the production of raisins and dried apricots. The country is also one of the world’s largest honey producers. Turkey milk and dairy products in the region by leaders in the production of 20.7 million tons of milk producers in 2017 has come to the position. The country also produced 35.3 million tons of cereal products, 30.3 million tons of vegetables, 18.9 million tons of fruit, 1.9 million tons of chicken and 1.2 million tons of red meat. In addition to this, there are about 11,000 species of plants in Turkey, so that this number is 11,500 in Europe.

Turkey’s plenty in this production, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) trade balance as the largest exporter of agricultural products is significant in ensuring the continued positive direction. Globally, Turkey has exported more than 190 countries with 1,781 kinds of agricultural products in 2016, which corresponds to a level of 16.9 billion US dollars in export volume.

Turkey relies on preferred position as the source of the center and the top global players in the agricultural sector. to encourage investment in the sector, Turkey offers many incentives to potential investors in agribusiness.

According to McKinsey & Partners, Turkey fruit and vegetable processing, animal feed, livestock, poultry, functional food, aquaculture and facilitating transactions (especially in cold chain distribution, greenhouses, irrigation and fertilization) such offers significant investment opportunities in the sub-sectors of the agricultural work.

As part of the agricultural sector target Turkey aims to become one of the world’s top 5 manufacturers in 2023. target in 2023, which is the 100th year of Turkey’s institutions are as follows:

• $ 150 billion in agricultural gross domestic product
• 4Agricultural exports at the level of USD 40 billion
• 8.5 million hectares irrigable area (from 5.4 million)
• Leadership in aquaculture compared to EU

Daha fazlası için: hometurkey.com/en, invest.gov.tr